Line rack for cultivators



May 6, 1930. y B. s. KELLEY I LINE RACK FOR CULTIVATORS Filed Sept. '7. 1928 Patented May 6, 1930 BOLDEN s. KELLEY, or GROCKET'I, TEXAS LINE RACK FOR OULTIVATOR-S Application filed. September 7, 1928. Serial No. 304,579.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in line racks for horse drawn cultivators and aims to provide novel, simple and useful racks to which the draft animal reins or lines are arranged to enable the driver of the implement to maintain the lines in straight condition and also to prevent the lines from becoming tangled in the machine.

Furthermore the rack serves as a means for supporting the weight of the major portion of the line and will prevent the lines from dropping to the ground throughout their entire length. Another important feature of the invention is the provision of a rack of this character that may be rapidly secured to the draw beam or tongue of a conventional cultivator without in any manner altering the construction of the cultivator.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of the invention will be i better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a generally conventional cultivator equipped with my improved line rack,

- Figure 2- is a vertical section through the cultivator draw beam or tongue on asomewhat enlarged scale looking rearwardly toward the line rack for disclosing the line rack in side elevation and Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through one of the line receiving units of the rack taken substantially upon the line 33 of Figure 2.

Now having particular reference to the drawings A designates generally a conventional cultivator but among other structural elements includes a forwardly extending draw beam or tongue B. My invention consists of a pair of spaced parallel metallic straps 55 preferably of integral structure and being formed from a single length of metallic strapping bent over intermediate its ends as clearly illustrated in Figure 2. These straps 55 are provided with a series of registering openings 6 and are adapted for disposition upon opposite sides of the draw beam or tongue B after which bolts 7-7 are arranged through registering openings at opposite sides of the beam to rigidly secure the said straps to said beam.

Arranged upon the upper end of the single unit attaching member is a horizontal cross strap 8, the opposite ends of which are so bent as to provide vertically extending elongated rein guides 9-9, these guides being opened at their inner sides and at their upper ends as clearly illustrated in Figure 2.

The material forming these guides at the bottom of the openings therein is so formed as to provide shoulders 10-10 while pivoted to the guides in the upper ends of these openings are depending latch members 1111. In each instance a suitable spring 12 is provided for normally maintaining these latch members in closed position against the complemental shoulders 10-10, (see Figure 2).

However when it is desired to remove the lines from said guides 9-9 these latch members may be swung inwardly in obvious manner.

Arranged horizontally between the sides of the latch member and adjacent the lower end are pins 13-13 each of which carries a loose line supporting roller 14. Obviously the lines, one of which is illustrated in Fig ure 1 and designated by the reference character C are arranged through the guide members 99 and in flat position upon the rollers l-fl-14= so as to support the lines and to facilitate the movement of the same by the driver of the implement.

It will thus be seen that l have provided a highly novel, simple, and efficient cultivator line rack that is well adapted for all of the purposes heretofore designated even though I have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it is nevertheless to be understood that some changes may be made therein without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. Ina line rack for cultivators wherein the cultivator includes a forwardly extending draw bar, a member adapted to be secured to the bar and to extend vertically thereabove and guide members arranged at the upper end of said first member at opposite sides thereof whereby to receive said reins each guide member consisting of a loop having an opening therein to facilitate the arrangement 10 of the line into the loop and means normally closing said opening.

2. In a line rack for cultivators wherein the cultivator includes a forwardly extending draw bar, a member adapted to be secured to the bar and to extend vertically thereabove and guide members arranged at the upper end of said first member at opposite sides thereof whereby to receive said reins, each guide member consisting of a loop having an v opening therein to facilitate the arrangement of the line into the loop and means normally closing said opening, and a horizontally arranged loose roller arranged Within eachloop for the support of the line.

j In testimony whereof I aifix no signature.

BOLDEN S. ELLEY. 

